nuisance
A minor annoyance or inconvenience.
Example
“The neighbor's dog barking throughout the night is a right nuisance - I'm going to complain.”
Other meanings
A person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience.
“You can be such a nuisance when you don't get your way.”
Anything harmful or offensive to the community or to a member of it, for which a legal remedy exists.
“a public nuisance”
Related words
- antinuisance
- nuisanceless
- nuisancer
- nuisance call
- attractive nuisance
- make a nuisance of oneself
- nuisance caller
- nuisance fee
- nuisance ground
- nuisance parameter
- nuisance tax
- nuisance candidate
Word history
From Latin "noceō" (nocēre).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “nuisance” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.